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As I have mentioned before, I sometimes regret having omitted Latin Music from the scope of this site. At the time I decided to start doing this, I thought that I was pretty sure I knew all that I needed to know about the subject. And I have since been proven wrong. There’s a vast amount of amazing material out there. But I really do not need an excuse to buy more records than I already do. Maybe one of these days when I feel that I’ve got the rest of the world taken care of, I will turn my attention to that region.

I think it’s okay if you dont write much about latin music because there are plenty of great blogs and websites about this great music whereas there is so little about the music you’re talking about. One very nice genre rarely mentionned (on cd and in english, because there is a lot in spanish), its the old cumbia from Peru (with los destellos, los mirlos, juaneco…).

And why Latin music is so influential, I think it’s because it is like rock, blues and rap: a mix of european and west african music. So when a listener, often used to listen to afro-north-american music listen to latin-afro-american music, he’s not lost at all. Don’t you think?